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Ambrose Li wrote:
> 
> On 13 Sep 1996 01:04:06 GMT, in article <01bba10f$3fa54e00$1cc5bd89@s951401>, Lawrence Cheung 
<ylcheung@cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
> >I have bought the book "Linux Unleashed" (Sams, 1996), but it tells you
> >only how to install Linux using DOS. What's worse is that it says nothing
> >about partitioning a Large EIDE hard disk. Currently I use Ontrack Disk
> >Manager (DM) to overcome the DOS limitation of 504Mb. I have checked "Linux
> >Large Disk mini-HOWTO". The Linux I've got supports Ontrack DM.
> >Unfortunately it does not say exactly how I should proceed with the DM.
> >Should I partition the 1.7 Gb using DM? Will that affect my data on Q 850?
> 
> You can partition the 1.7 GB drive using DM, but, unless you have a
> really old version of DOS, there's really no point in doing so, as
> DOS has already got over with the 504 MB limitation a long time ago.
> 

Limitation is not really in any particulaly version of DOS,
or it is in all of them (including Win95), depending on how
you look at it. DOS uses the BIOS to determine the disk
geometry and most older BIOS's have 504MB (1024 cylinder)
limit. Refer following FAQ pages:

http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/~pieterh/storage.html
http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/ata/

Linux kernel does not rely on the BIOS (but boot loaders do)
so Linux will not need OnTrack or fancy BIOS. However if
you have >1024 cylinder DOS/Win95 partitions, then you will
need to have either modern BIOS or some type of Software
tricks like OnTrack.

Regards
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